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This sermon is part 2 in the Genesis series. Scriptural references are taken from Genesis 11:27 through 12:20. The outline is as follows:
1) From Ur to Haran - 11:27-32
2) From Haran to Canaan - 12:1-9
3) From Canaan to Egypt - 12:10-20
Recap of 5/25/08:
1. Abram was called by God when he was still in Ur of the Chaldeans (Acts 7:2-5) to go to a place which God would show him.
“The human race had chosen to go its own way without regard for the God who created them. Then God stepped in. He interrupted the normal routine of Abram’s life with a startling call.” (Larry Richards)
2. Dr. Francis Schaeffer writes: “Abraham was not just some strange wanderer, a Bedouin from the back side of the desert who didn’t know anything.” Excavations of Ur show us that Ur was a highly advanced civilization with whitewashed two-story high homes with well-equipped kitchens, good sanitation, and a high level of learning.
3. The call of God to Abram meant then (and still means to us today) a call from the comfortable, familiar and safe to the uncomfortable, unfamiliar and challenging. God calls us out of our comfort zone to follow Him by faith.
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